{{Short description|American judge (1874–1932)}} {{similar names|Edward Flanagan (disambiguation){{!}}Edward Flanagan}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Edward J. Flanigan |image =center|300x150px | caption = Edward Flanigan, circa 1900 |office6 = Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court |appointer6 = |term_start6 = September 28, 1921 |term_end6 = January 1, 1923 |predecessor6 = Albert C. Baker |successor6 = Frank H. Lyman |birth_date = {{birth date|1874|10|19}} |birth_place = {{nowrap|San Francisco, California, U.S.}} |death_date = {{death date and age|1932|12|13|1874|10|19}} |death_place = near Van Horn, Texas, U.S. |alma_mater = |party = }}

'''Edward Joseph Flanigan''' (October 19, 1874 – December 13, 1932) was an American justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona from September 28, 1921 to January 1, 1923. Flanigan served as deputy district attorney for Cochise County.<ref>Tombstone Weekly Epitaph, March 24, 1907 p. 3</ref>

Flanigan ran as the Republican nominee for Supreme Court Justice in 1920 and lost against Democratic incumbent Archibald G. McAlister.<ref>''Healdsburg Tribune'', Number 253, 2 September 1920</ref> Governor Thomas Edward Campbell then appointed Flanigan to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Albert C. Baker.<ref>January 3, 1923, ''The Arizona Republic,'' p. 12</ref> Flanigan did not run for re-election and Frank H. Lyman won the 1922 election unopposed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/statepubs/id/13278/rec/1|title=State of Arizona official canvass, primary election [election returns] :: Arizona State Government Publications|publisher=}}</ref> He died in a traffic collision in 1932.<ref>{{cite news|title=E. J. Flanigan Is Killed In Traffic Crash|date=December 14, 1932|page=1|newspaper=Arizona Republic|location=Phoenix, Arizona|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34469425/arizona_republic/|access-date=August 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=E. J. Flanigan Dies In Crash|date=December 14, 1932|page=2|newspaper=Arizona Republic|location=Phoenix, Arizona|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34469509/arizona_republic/|access-date=August 1, 2019}}</ref>

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